linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: make const array static, makes object smaller

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Date:   Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:00:05 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: make const array static, makes
 object smaller

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:51:39 -0700 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 10/20/20 9:50 AM, Colin King wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> > 
> > Don't populate the const array rate_table on the stack but instead it
> > static. Makes the object code smaller by 46 bytes.
> > 
> > Before:
> >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> >   29812	   3824	    192	  33828	   8424	drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.o
> > 
> > After:
> >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> >   29670	   3920	    192	  33782	   83f6	drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.o
> > 
> > (gcc version 10.2.0)
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>  
> 
> Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks!